Environmental and anthropogenic factors associated with coastal wetland differentiation in La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Moreno Casasola, P ^a   Lopez Rosas H ^a   Infante Mata, D ^a   Peralta, L A ^a   Travieso Bello, A C ^a   Warner, B G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle grazing; Invasive species; Marshes; Swamps; Tropical wetlands; Vegetation communities

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MANGROVE; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP;

LA MANCHA [VERACRUZ]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALISMATACEAE; ANNONA; AVICENNIA; BOS; LAGUNCULARIA; RHIZOPHORA; SAGITTARIA;

EID: 57349161249     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9400-7     Document Type: Article

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